‘Pacific Rim’ Behind the Scenes Featurette – “Drift Space”

Pacific Rim writer, director and producer Guillermo del Toro and cast members Charlie Hunnam, Max Martini, and Rinko Kikuchi take us behind the scenes with this video all about ‘drifting’. In Pacific Rim, drifting is two people working together and joining minds to control one gigantic robot.

Warner Bros Pictures is releasing Pacific Rim on July 12, 2013.

Pacific Rim Robots Poster

The Plot:

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.

But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes — a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) — who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.